id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
66	TPad T60:  Works on Ubuntu and how; Lockup on eCS during boot	Steve Wendt		"During a trial and error session attempting to enable sound on my T60
using Ubuntu as an alternative to eCS 2.0-RC2, we discovere the
following site:

>-------------------------------------------------------------------
>		Ubuntu on ThinkPad T60
>  Ref: http://andrey.thedotcommune.com/thinkpad_t60.html#5
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Sound
>
>Sound works fine, though with a minor warning: do not disable
>  (ie: set to ""hidden"") the internal modem in the BIOS. Doing so
>   causes problems with ALSA accessing the audio device.
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So, to evaluate the eCS 2.0 situation:

*  Changed the BIOS to 'ENABLE' the Internal [Win] Modem.
*  Booted the 'Live CD' of Unbuntu 7.10 Beta [27-Sep-2007]
====>  Result:  Fully supported T60 sound!
                Played from several Web sources for sound files
                and streaming broadcasts of Web radio broadcasts.
                NONE of this worked prior to the BIOS change.

*  Installed the latest UniAud 1.1.4 RC3 on my T60 eCS 2.0 RC2.
*  Rebooted eCS - As the boot progressed:
   - Boot messages indicated that the driver was loaded, the
     hardware recognized, the mixer installed...
   - The screen went to an off-white background as the desktop
     was initialized.
   - The normally expected sound that usually occurs as the
     desktop is loaded PLAYED!  [Never heard that before on
     this T60!]
   - The bad news:  Everything went silent and the system totally
                    locked up.  NOTHING WORKED.  No mouse movement,
                    even though it was displayed on the screen as
                    [I believe] and arrow point.
                    The only 'recovery' was to POWER OFF by holding
                    the power button for the 5-second reset time.
*  Rebooted again, just to see if anything would change.  [Possibly
   Ubuntu had set something in the hardware that eCS could not handle.]
   - We got all excited, because the bright orange colored eCS desktop
     background DID APPEAR this time...
   - Oops!  Too soon to celebrate!  While the eCS desktop background
     did appear this time, the system LOCKED UP AGAIN.  I believe the
     mouse appeared as a clock this time.  But, nevertheless, the
     system was still locked and never completed the boot process.
     i.e., There are several tasks that are set to start via the
     StartUp folder.  Never happened... :-(

*  Back to the BIOS set up to change the internal modem back to the
   'Hidden' state.
   - Rebooted eCS with no other changes.
   - Hardware still recognized and driver, mixer, et al, still
     loaded as before.
   - BUT, this time, NO SOUND during the desktop initialization.
   - AND, the boot process completed successfully!  In fact, that
     is how I am operating at this moment and creating this message.

*  To provide as clean a log as possible, I am going to save this
   message and reboot.  Then I will run the UniInfo tool, followed
   by opening a Ticket.  In the ticket, I will paste all of this
   message as the ticket documentation, but I also feel this should
   be posted to the NG, so others can see what I've done.  Possibly
   it will be of benefit to others who are testing T60s or other
   similar configurations.

I will attache the UniInfo doc to this ticket.  BUT, I notice that several of the files in the ZIP are zero-length files.  Please provide further, specific instructions regarding how to get the rest of the doc that you need.  I suspect a problem finding 'unimix.exe' since there is no file with that name on my boot drive. [There is a file in the drive, sub-dir where I downloaded and installed RC3.  And there is one on the C-drive where I have eCS 1.2R installed.  But, I am booted from the O-Drive where eCS 2.0 RC2 is installed.]

Carl
Carl.Gehr@MCGCG.Com


"	defect	closed	normal	HDA	UNIAUD32	1.1.4	blocker	fixed	T60